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Sun, Feb 26, 2023·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

New York Islanders 4, Winnipeg Jets 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYI1122814424
WPG0101408023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 7:56NYIBo HorvatSHGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–0
  2. P2 4:22NYIAlexander RomanovAssists: Casey Cizikas, Hudson Fasching · Slap, 0.02 xG2–0
  3. P2 18:41NYIBrock NelsonAssists: Zach Parise · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P3 17:59NYIAdam PelechENAssists: Scott Mayfield · Wrist, 0.34 xG4–0
Penalties (6)
  1. P1 0:22WPGBrenden Dillon: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 6:44NYISebastian Aho: Hooking2 min
  3. P2 4:47NYIBo Horvat: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 5:59NYIScott Mayfield: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 5:59WPGPierre-Luc Dubois: Fighting5 min
  6. P3 11:00NYIAlexander Romanov: Interference2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
49% to win51% to win
← NYI attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Cizikas won the faceoff against Lowry
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYIWPG
24Shots on goal23
2.8Expected goals2.2
43Shot attempts68
25Faceoffs won24
1Power plays3
11Penalty minutes7
22Hits19
24Blocked shots9
8Giveaways12
4Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestMartin – Cizikas – Fasching10:42

    xG 0.37–0.28 (57%)attempts 9–10goals 1–0

  2. Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom10:13

    xG 0.29–0.21 (57%)attempts 10–14goals 0–0

  3. Bailey – Koivula – Durandeau6:39

    xG 0.17–0.20 (46%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  4. Parise – Palmieri – Nelson9:04

    xG 0.33–0.48 (41%)attempts 3–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestAho – Dobson9:23

    xG 0.50–0.26 (66%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  2. Mayfield – Pelech14:44

    xG 0.54–0.31 (64%)attempts 14–14goals 0–0

  3. Pulock – Aho2:11

    xG 0.04–0.03 (60%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestWheeler – Scheifele – Ehlers8:17

    xG 0.62–0.05 (92%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0

  2. Gagner – Connor – Dubois8:18

    xG 0.37–0.28 (57%)attempts 15–6goals 0–2

  3. Lowry – Maenalanen – Jonsson-Fjallby2:30

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  4. Wheeler – Ehlers – Dubois2:19

    xG 0.01–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Morrissey7:48

    xG 0.29–0.06 (82%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  2. DeMelo – Samberg3:07

    xG 0.23–0.11 (67%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

  3. Dillon – Pionk15:03

    xG 0.67–0.64 (51%)attempts 17–7goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

WPG 2.2 xGNYI 2.8 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGNYI

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 8/100 · #1256 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.70 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 45% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 62% of the time.

WPG winsNYI wins

Simulated goal difference (WPG − NYI), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).